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. 2023 Aug 17;22(2):1489–1498. doi: 10.1007/s40200-023-01272-8

Table 4.

The prevalence of hypertension according to education level, body mass index, and economic status

HTN prevalence Unawareness hypertension
%(95%CI) %(95%CI)
Education level Illiterate 89.41(85.32–93.49) 35.67(30.53–40.80)
Primary school 81.39(78.82–83.97) 31.98(28.81–35.14)
Secondary School 82.22(78.74–85.70) 31.37(27.35–35.39)
High school 76.72(73.68–79.77) 34.13(30.45–37.80)
College 77.14(72.03–82.24) 31.19(25.59–36.79)
Economic status Lowest 85.63(83.41–87.85) 31.65(28.33–34.97)
Low 78.17(73.92–82.42) 38.44(33.82–43.05)
High 79.61(76.57–82.65) 31.75(27.93–35.57)
Highest 77.47(74.37–80.57) 32.26(28.58–35.94)
Body mass index Underweight 59.39(37.24–81.53) 47.10(22.23–71.98)
Normal 73.33(69.50-77.16) 39.05(34.60–43.50)
Overweight 81.31(79.07–83.54) 33.16(30.30-36.02)
Obese 86.80(84.86–88.75) 27.72(25.13–30.31)